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WHO Declares H1N1's Spread Officially a Pandemic
juggledean writes "The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global flu pandemic after holding an emergency meeting, according to reports. It means the swine flu virus is spreading in at least two regions of the world with rising cases being seen in the UK, Australia, Japan and Chile." Whether it's called a pandemic or not, there's a hopeful note in the story about H1N1's spread: "...there were people who believed we might be in a kind of apocalyptic situation and what we're really seeing now with H1N1 is that in most cases the disease is self-limiting."
WHO Declares H1N1's Spread Officially a Pandemic
I don't know, I'm asking YOU!
... and I DON'T KNOW is on third.
Let's just get that out of the way first and foremost.
What doesn't kill you only delays the inevitable
I want it to be called swine flu again. That way bacon will be super cheap again.
Is it sad that I am more likely to recognize you and your posts by your sig than your name or UID?
I am still heading down to cabo next week for some fishing....I plan on imbibing enough sterilizing fluid to kill any rouge viruses coming into my system. Those that survive my Digestive system wont survive my bloodstream.
CS: It is all sink or swim...oh and did I mention there are sharks in that water?
Today when I awakened, I saw something that had me shake'n; the WHO was warning of da flu, something new, this strange new Swine flu; now this big 'ol pandemic is causing quite a panic; the media is trip'n, help'n the economy keep slip'n; dum dee dee dum dum; I don't know where to run, so I'll sit here on my bum sip'n on sum rum; dum dee dee dum dum.
"Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad." [Ecclesiastes 7:3]
Not to mention, didn't the virus origionaly originate in the US?
I vote we call it 'Freedom Flu'. :)
You can tell if you've got swine flu, because you come out in rashers.
"The liberal news media is a conservative myth" is a liberal media myth.
The "liberal media news is a conservative myth is a liberal media myth" is a conservative myth.
OH NO! WE'VE ENTERED INFINITE RECURSION!
Posts not to be taken literally. Almost everything is sarcasm.
Don't know if this is just a sick coincidence but....
2007 - Chinese year of the Chicken - Bird Flu Pandemic devastates parts of Asia
2008 - Chinese year of the Horse - Equine Influenza decimates Australian racing
2009 - Chinese year of the Pig - Swine Flu Pandemic kills hundreds of pigs around the globe.
Has any one else noticed this?
It gets worse........
next year......
2010 - Chinese year of the Cock - what could possibly go wrong?
While we're talking about animal diseases, what about german measles?
Yeah, you don't get it by eating pork. that's how you get tapeworms. you get swine flu by porking pigs.
Canada: The US's more awesome sibling.
Here in Belgium it's called Mexican flu.
The WHO claims they are making this level 6 because it is spreading globally...
Bah. It's now level six because it camped respawn spots and got the required XP to level.
Thought thinks itself.
I've talked to people who still think that you can get it from eating pork products. People in general are stupid, and these same people are the ones who avoided Toronto when SARS hit.
Over the last 5 years more people have been killed in the US by swine flu than by terrorists. If you buy into terrorism fear-mongering, as so many people seem to do along with just about the entire news reporting industry, it's no surprise people would buy into all kinds of crazy fears about swine flue.
When information is power, privacy is freedom.
"Who Declared H1N1's Spread Officially a Pandemic." is a liberal media myth.
So there.
William of Ockham had no beard. The most likely explanation is that it was chewed off by squirrels every morning.
I'm worried about all those too. This store is about H1N1 though. Just because it's not the top of the list doesn't mean it isn't worthy of mass hysteria.
Paying taxes to buy civilization is like paying a hooker to buy love.
Clearly, this should have been an "Ask Slashdot"
I've talked to people who still think that you can get it from eating pork products.
We've got to put a stop to this ignorance. You cannot get the disease that way -- but you CAN get revenge!
Careful. We Germans aren't all smiles and sunshine.
At least make it semi-readable.
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